which player has most finals games lost since 1963

Since 1962-63, LeBron James has lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 33 losses.

	NAME	L	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	33	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
2	Jerry West J. West	29	NBA Finals	48	43.0	30.4	5.0	6.0			11.2	24.4	46.0				8.0	9.7	82.2	53.0				2,065	1,461	242	287				134
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	181	45	116	121	196
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
5	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	23	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
6	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	21	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	46	4	56	106
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	20	NBA Finals	33	41.2	23.8	12.8	3.9			9.3	21.1	44.0				5.2	7.1	73.8	49.2				1,360	786	421	128				100
8	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	19	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	103	45	1	41	127	+110
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	652	862	134				101
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	34	20	68	88
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	18	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
12	Mel Counts M. Counts	18	NBA Finals	29	15.3	6.8	5.8	0.8			2.7	6.1	44.6				1.3	1.7	78.0	49.5				445	197	168	24				95
13	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	17	NBA Finals	36	27.0	8.5	4.0	3.1	0.9	0.7	3.4	6.9	49.0	1.1	3.2	36.0	0.6	1.5	37.0	55.9	1.0	3.0	0.9	973	305	143	112	31	25	33	75	+70
14	Don Nelson D. Nelson	17	NBA Finals	38	19.9	8.4	5.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	3.2	7.1	45.0				2.0	2.7	74.0	50.7	0.5	3.1		757	319	199	43	2	0		103
15	JR Smith	16	NBA Finals	25	30.0	9.7	2.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	3.4	8.9	37.7	2.4	6.2	38.1	0.6	1.1	59.3	51.7	0.4	2.3	0.6	749	243	67	24	22	9	16	71	-112
16	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	16	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
17	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	16	NBA Finals	25	27.5	7.9	4.4	2.4	0.7	0.2	3.4	8.4	40.5				1.1	1.6	69.2	43.4	0.3	2.2		688	197	111	59	4	1		83
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	16	NBA Finals	47	39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	1,020	350	195	15	3		154
19	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	15	NBA Finals	22	31.7	8.5	9.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.5	6.3	55.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.7	55.9	56.7	3.7	5.4	0.7	698	187	199	20	9	18	16	54	-101
20	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	15	NBA Finals	22	26.2	8.0	4.8	1.0	1.0	0.2	3.0	6.5	45.8	0.1	0.7	12.5	2.0	2.9	67.2	51.4	1.2	3.6	1.3	577	175	106	21	22	4	29	58	-41
21	A.C. Green	15	NBA Finals	28	26.3	7.5	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.8	47.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.0	2.8	70.5	54.0	2.3	4.0	0.9	736	211	177	11	13	3	26	73	-27
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	15	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
25	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	15	NBA Finals	20	41.3	11.4	14.1	4.1	0.9	0.5	4.7	10.0	47.2				2.0	3.3	59.1	49.8	3.7	9.2	1.3	825	227	282	82	14	8	15	68

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3	Celtics	29	18	.617	6.0
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5	Cavaliers	29	20	.592	7.0
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7	Magic	24	22	.522	10.5

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Fri 1/30	CLE	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Sun 2/1	CLE	@	POR	9:00 PM
Wed 2/4	CLE	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Sat 2/7	CLE	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Mon 2/9	CLE	@	DEN	9:00 PM

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2,339.4

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,347

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1	Pistons	34	11	.756
2	Knicks	29	18	.617	6.0
3	Celtics	29	18	.617	6.0
4	Raptors	29	20	.592	7.0
5	Cavaliers	29	20	.592	7.0
6	76ers	25	21	.543	9.5
7	Magic	24	22	.522	10.5
8	Heat	25	23	.521	10.5
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10	Bulls	23	24	.489	12.0
11	Hornets	20	28	.417	15.5
12	Bucks	18	27	.400	16.0
13	Nets	12	33	.267	22.0
14	Pacers	12	36	.250	23.5
15	Wizards	11	34	.244	23.0

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1	Thunder	38	10	.792
2	Spurs	32	15	.681	5.5
3	Nuggets	31	16	.660	6.5
4	Rockets	28	17	.622	8.5
5	Lakers	28	18	.609	9.0
6	Timberwolves	29	19	.604	9.0
7	Suns	28	19	.596	9.5
8	Warriors	27	22	.551	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	23	25	.479	15.0
10	Clippers	22	24	.478	15.0
11	Mavericks	19	28	.404	18.5
12	Grizzlies	18	27	.400	18.5
13	Jazz	15	33	.313	23.0
14	Kings	12	36	.250	26.0
15	Pelicans	12	37	.245	26.5

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Thu 1/1	CHA	@	MIL	121-122
Thu 1/1	POR	@	NOP	122-109
Thu 1/1	SAC	@	PHX	102-129
Thu 1/1	OKC	@	GSW	131-94
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Thu 1/29	MIA	@	CHI	8:00 PM
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